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High income OECD countries Compared by People > Urban population

DEFINITION: Urban population is the midyear population of areas defined as urban in each country and reported to the United Nations.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 United States 239.5 million 2005
2 Japan 84.08 million 2005
3 Germany 62.02 million 2005
4 United Kingdom 54.02 million 2005
5 France 46.69 million 2005
6 Italy 39.62 million 2005
7 South Korea 39.02 million 2005
8 Spain 33.29 million 2005
9 Canada 25.87 million 2005
10 Poland 23.7 million 2005
11 Australia 17.93 million 2005
12 Chile 14.27 million 2005
13 Netherlands 13.09 million 2005
14 Belgium 10.19 million 2005
15 Sweden 7.6 million 2005
16 Czech Republic 7.52 million 2005
17 Greece 6.55 million 2005
18 Israel 6.34 million 2005
19 Portugal 6.08 million 2005
20 Switzerland 5.59 million 2005
21 Austria 5.43 million 2005
22 Denmark 4.64 million 2005
23 Norway 3.58 million 2005
24 New Zealand 3.53 million 2005
25 Finland 3.21 million 2005
26 Slovakia 3.03 million 2005
27 Ireland 2.52 million 2005
28 Slovenia 1.02 million 2005
29 Estonia 930,155.1 2005
30 Luxembourg 378,155.5 2005
31 Iceland 275,384 2005

Citation

High income OECD countries Compared by People > Urban population

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Interesting observations about People > Urban population

  • China has had the highest urban population since 1975.
  • India ranked first for urban population amongst Hot countries in 2005.
  • United States ranked first for urban population amongst Christian countries in 2005.
  • Indonesia ranked first for urban population amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis has ranked last for urban population since 1978.
  • Russia ranked first for urban population amongst Europe in 2005.
  • Germany ranked first for urban population amongst European Union in 2005.
  • Brazil ranked first for urban population amongst Catholic countries in 2005.
  • Nigeria ranked first for urban population amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005.
  • Japan ranked second for urban population amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2005.
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